12 minutes agoEarthquakes in Afghanistan, 250 dead and over 150 injured
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)A powerful earthquake has killed at least 250 people and more than 150 people are injured in Afghanistan, a local official for the BBC has said. Photographs scattered on social networks show people at bars, ruins, and ruined houses in the province of Pacta. A local government official told BBC [...]
Photographs scattered on social networks show people at bars, ruins, and ruined houses in the province of Pacta.
A local government official told the BBC that the death toll will likely increase by more than 250.
The quake that struck the province of Pacta is about 40 miles [44 km] from the southeastern city of Kest.
The shocks were felt in Pakistan and India, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the BBC writes.
